WASHINGTON — More than 2 million Americans who would otherwise rely on a job for health insurance will quit working, reduce their hours or stop looking for employment because of new health benefits available under the Affordable Care Act, congressional budget analysts said Tuesday.The findings from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office revived a fierce debate about the impa...

Bill Clinton veto a welfare reform bill twice before signing, the original bill. At the 96 Democratic convention Hillary promised, if her husband was re-elected he would FIX the welfare reform. American paid NOT to work.

Fast forward to today. Barack Obama has fixed Clinton's welfare reform bill, through OBAMAcare. More American's are on food stamps then at anytime in the History of the Country. The job participation rate is the lowest since Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. More Americans are working part time.

Obama and Democrats don't raise people up to be the best they can be, they lower standards for everyone. The only people raise up by Obama and Democrat policies is Obama and Democrats. The set themselves up as the arbiter's of what is be fair. And what is fair is more and more American's being supported by Obama and the Democrats.

Obama has said "if you work hard and play by the rules you can get ahead." Rules don't count with Obama unless the rules are his and his alone, American'scan't work hard if Obama's policies kill jobs. Obama has change this to "if you work hard and take responsibility you can get ahead". Some in the country refuse to play by any rules. Again American's can't work hard and take responsibility if Obama's policies kill opportunity.

This is the design of ALL this. American's being controlled by the government, because the country has been unfair.

No...Republicans, and Right Wing Media, scrambled to misinterpret the findings!

People like myself, close to retirement, can retire sooner because they do not have to get healthcare from their employer. People wanting to start a small business will be free to do so because they can get health care from the exchange, and are not trapped by an existing condition with their employers coverage. People can change jobs more easily because they have health care available and are not trapped by an employers policy. People can CHOOSE what works for them, and their families, and it's not always working full time!

Republicans should appreciate this, if they value FREEDOM and FAMILY, like they always claim. Sure the workforce will be a little tighter, but that only means worker pay and benefits will likely increase. The equivalent of 2 million workers CHOOSING not to work a few hours each is good for the social fabric of the country! It may not appear to be so for those focused only on profit (how sad).

But they can always get a job with CGI Federal! You remember CGI Federal, they were the prime contractor for the Healthcare.gov web site development. Got a sole source contract, although I'm sure it had nothing to do with employing Michelle Obama's Princeton classmate and 2010 White House Christmas guest, Toni Townes-Whitley. They were fired from the Healthcare.gov development in January, but the plot thickens:

The company that built the failed Obamacare website received six additional contracts from the Obama administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services after the website’s disastrous launch, The Daily Caller has learned.

According to a company spokesman, CGI Federal was awarded six additional contracts from CMS worth approximately $37 million between October 1 — when the over $600 million Obamacare website launched — through January 2014.

Good thing they weren't personal friends of President Bush, the news media would be on them and HHS like white on rice.

Although to be fair, I've got to commend the Denver Post editors for running the piece we're commenting on. Just two weeks ago today they ran an AP article assuring us that "... you probably won't lose your job due to the overhaul, despite claims by the law's opponents."

But those darn shoes just keep dropping. Back then I called the idea that you'd lose your job thanks to O'Care a strawman. That was even beyond my worst case scenarios. What a difference a couple of weeks make, huh?

No...Republicans, and Right Wing Media, scrambled to misinterpret the findings!

People like myself, close to retirement, can retire sooner because they do not have to get healthcare from their employer. People wanting to start a small business will be free to do so because they can get health care from the exchange, and are not trapped by an existing condition with their employers coverage. People can change jobs more easily because they have health care available and are not trapped by an employers policy. People can CHOOSE what works for them, and their families, and it's not always working full time!

Republicans should appreciate this, if they value FREEDOM and FAMILY, like they always claim. Sure the workforce will be a little tighter, but that only means worker pay and benefits will likely increase. The equivalent of 2 million workers CHOOSING not to work a few hours each is good for the social fabric of the country! It may not appear to be so for those focused only on profit (how sad).

Absolutely true as long as you keep your income below the poverty line. What great FREEDOM!

No...Republicans, and Right Wing Media, scrambled to misinterpret the findings!

People like myself, close to retirement, can retire sooner because they do not have to get healthcare from their employer. People wanting to start a small business will be free to do so because they can get health care from the exchange, and are not trapped by an existing condition with their employers coverage. People can change jobs more easily because they have health care available and are not trapped by an employers policy. People can CHOOSE what works for them, and their families, and it's not always working full time!

Republicans should appreciate this, if they value FREEDOM and FAMILY, like they always claim. Sure the workforce will be a little tighter, but that only means worker pay and benefits will likely increase. The equivalent of 2 million workers CHOOSING not to work a few hours each is good for the social fabric of the country! It may not appear to be so for those focused only on profit (how sad).

Yeah Bob, we know. In Obamanation we can all choose not to work at all and Obama will take care of us. That was the promise after all -- Obama is going to pay our mortgages and put gas in our cars! Aren't we just the lucky ones?

No...Republicans, and Right Wing Media, scrambled to misinterpret the findings!

People like myself, close to retirement, can retire sooner because they do not have to get healthcare from their employer. People wanting to start a small business will be free to do so because they can get health care from the exchange, and are not trapped by an existing condition with their employers coverage. People can change jobs more easily because they have health care available and are not trapped by an employers policy. People can CHOOSE what works for them, and their families, and it's not always working full time!

Republicans should appreciate this, if they value FREEDOM and FAMILY, like they always claim. Sure the workforce will be a little tighter, but that only means worker pay and benefits will likely increase. The equivalent of 2 million workers CHOOSING not to work a few hours each is good for the social fabric of the country! It may not appear to be so for those focused only on profit (how sad).

On the other hand, how does a country move forward economically when more and more people CHOOSE not to work and just live off of the government teat? You do understand, the government teat is supported financially by the people who CHOOSE to actual work for a living and accept financially responsibilities for their actions?

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." Oct 11 1798John Adams (Nation's 2nd President)

Don't forget about all of the people who had their hours reduced so their employer wouldn't have to pay for health insurance. It sounds like health insurance is going up and we have now have less time with our doctors. Along with everyone who lost their health insurance plus those who will loose their health plans at the end of the year should be angry at all of the Progressive Dems who rammed the horrible Obama-care bill through. Don't forget that this debacle is Obama's and it doesn't matter how many lies he tells this bill doesn't work. Don't forget that Obama also had to hire more IRS agents to make sure that we give more money to the Feds if we still have health insurance. It is time we demand that the Obama-care bill is tossed in the trash can along with that horrible website.

In the next election cycle we need to thank all of the Democrats with their partisan vote for Obama care by kicking them out of office...

No...Republicans, and Right Wing Media, scrambled to misinterpret the findings!

People like myself, close to retirement, can retire sooner because they do not have to get healthcare from their employer. People wanting to start a small business will be free to do so because they can get health care from the exchange, and are not trapped by an existing condition with their employers coverage. People can change jobs more easily because they have health care available and are not trapped by an employers policy. People can CHOOSE what works for them, and their families, and it's not always working full time!

Republicans should appreciate this, if they value FREEDOM and FAMILY, like they always claim. Sure the workforce will be a little tighter, but that only means worker pay and benefits will likely increase. The equivalent of 2 million workers CHOOSING not to work a few hours each is good for the social fabric of the country! It may not appear to be so for those focused only on profit (how sad).

Wow! You have Carney's talking points down good. How many times did you watch it to recite it that well?

"Everybody has a plan, till they get punched in the mouth". Mike Tyson

Incredulous that the Obama admin put for such a lame explanation of this one. Embarassing to watch that so-called "economist", and the chronic lies from Jay Carney. And to sit here and watch CNN turn into MSNBC about these sorts of things, defending the clowns in the white house. Funny that the gay black guy (Don Lemon) is turning out to be the most rational person on that channel. Intellectual honesty is nearly dead in US media.

From the article: Insurance subsidies under the law become less generous as income rises, so workers will have less incentive to work more or at all.

The job losses are measured in "full-time-equivalent workers," which means more people are actually affected than, say, the 2 million full-time-equivalent jobs lost in 2017. It could take several part-time workers or people deciding to reduce their hours to produce the wage loss of one full-time equivalent

So saying that O'Care will 'prompt the loss of 2 million full-time workers' is really downplaying it's affect. And what do we expect? When you penalize people for working hard and penalize employers for hiring more full-time workers while you subsidize slackers and reward businesses that lay people off, you will get more slackers and you will get more lay-offs.

No...Republicans, and Right Wing Media, scrambled to misinterpret the findings!

People like myself, close to retirement, can retire sooner because they do not have to get healthcare from their employer. People wanting to start a small business will be free to do so because they can get health care from the exchange, and are not trapped by an existing condition with their employers coverage. People can change jobs more easily because they have health care available and are not trapped by an employers policy. People can CHOOSE what works for them, and their families, and it's not always working full time!

Republicans should appreciate this, if they value FREEDOM and FAMILY, like they always claim. Sure the workforce will be a little tighter, but that only means worker pay and benefits will likely increase. The equivalent of 2 million workers CHOOSING not to work a few hours each is good for the social fabric of the country! It may not appear to be so for those focused only on profit (how sad).

What about people that want to work full time, love their job, and don't want to retire early.What about their freedom to choose? "The CBO noted some employers will cut workers' hours, hire fewer people or offer lower wages to avoid or compensate for a new fine on employers that fail to offer insurance to employees who work more than 30 hours a week."

No...Republicans, and Right Wing Media, scrambled to misinterpret the findings!

People like myself, close to retirement, can retire sooner because they do not have to get healthcare from their employer. People wanting to start a small business will be free to do so because they can get health care from the exchange, and are not trapped by an existing condition with their employers coverage. People can change jobs more easily because they have health care available and are not trapped by an employers policy. People can CHOOSE what works for them, and their families, and it's not always working full time!

Republicans should appreciate this, if they value FREEDOM and FAMILY, like they always claim. Sure the workforce will be a little tighter, but that only means worker pay and benefits will likely increase. The equivalent of 2 million workers CHOOSING not to work a few hours each is good for the social fabric of the country! It may not appear to be so for those focused only on profit (how sad).

So why is what we seeing happening virtually the opposite of what you say we shold be seeing happen?

Wait till next year when all those employer mandates and such that were illegally delayed till after the elections by Obama take effect. (For that matter, ask yourself why they had to be delayed till after the elections).

Position yourself to do as little as you can get away with while maximizing on financial benefits you can receive from the govt... After all - the govt will always GIVE you what you "need". Don't worry about where it comes from, just remember that the Dems "gave" it to you...

Authors include but are not limited to; FDR, LBJ and yours truly - Barack Obama...

"Through being Cool..."

Most of the time doing something that feels good isn't the same as doing something good.

No...Republicans, and Right Wing Media, scrambled to misinterpret the findings!

People like myself, close to retirement, can retire sooner because they do not have to get healthcare from their employer. People wanting to start a small business will be free to do so because they can get health care from the exchange, and are not trapped by an existing condition with their employers coverage. People can change jobs more easily because they have health care available and are not trapped by an employers policy. People can CHOOSE what works for them, and their families, and it's not always working full time!

Republicans should appreciate this, if they value FREEDOM and FAMILY, like they always claim. Sure the workforce will be a little tighter, but that only means worker pay and benefits will likely increase. The equivalent of 2 million workers CHOOSING not to work a few hours each is good for the social fabric of the country! It may not appear to be so for those focused only on profit (how sad).

On the other hand, how does a country move forward economically when more and more people CHOOSE not to work and just live off of the government teat? You do understand, the government teat is supported financially by the people who CHOOSE to actual work for a living and accept financially responsibilities for their actions?

I think that what Bob is saying is that people don't 'choose to work', if they had a choice they'd stay home and put their feet up. But Obama is going to free the wage slaves!

Now, don't you see, that's a Good Thing. So what if the nation's GDP takes a nosedive? So what if our living standards take a big hit? We are all too rich, so rich even our poor people are fat, and we don't share our wealth equally. Now we'll all be free and we'll all be equal! Free to starve and equally poor, yes, but free and equal by golly!

If you want to see what it looks like when the government runs everything, visit an Indian Reservation.

This is the American way. Says a great deal about how far we have come. For many years now the "I" factor has overwhelmed our citizenry with the mantra of " how little can I do and get the most for doing nothing?"

Many want the biggest bang for the buck and are willing to our hard work behind mediocrity to get it.

It started about 15 years ago in schools when school boards and educators allowed politicians and parents to begin dictating policy!

It ain't a democratic or republican thang anymore folks! We are seeing the chess games of what is the most I can get doing as little as possible!

The White House scrambled to defend the law, which has bedeviled Obama since its 2010 passage, arguing that the report shows it will free people to care for their children, retire early or start their own businesses without worrying about health coverage.

MORE idiocy from the White House. I think the democrats and people in the White House should be free to care for their children, retire early or start their own business. And the Voters will indeed help them.

Mark Udall, when asked if he would vote for 0bamacare AGAIN. "I would do it again, Yes, I would."

No...Republicans, and Right Wing Media, scrambled to misinterpret the findings!

People like myself, close to retirement, can retire sooner because they do not have to get healthcare from their employer. People wanting to start a small business will be free to do so because they can get health care from the exchange, and are not trapped by an existing condition with their employers coverage. People can change jobs more easily because they have health care available and are not trapped by an employers policy. People can CHOOSE what works for them, and their families, and it's not always working full time!

Republicans should appreciate this, if they value FREEDOM and FAMILY, like they always claim. Sure the workforce will be a little tighter, but that only means worker pay and benefits will likely increase. The equivalent of 2 million workers CHOOSING not to work a few hours each is good for the social fabric of the country! It may not appear to be so for those focused only on profit (how sad).

What about people that want to work full time, love their job, and don't want to retire early.What about their freedom to choose? "The CBO noted some employers will cut workers' hours, hire fewer people or offer lower wages to avoid or compensate for a new fine on employers that fail to offer insurance to employees who work more than 30 hours a week."

Hey c'mon! O'Care is a Good Thing! A few million people losing their jobs is just an unavoidable consequence of our new freedom. After all..

"You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs."-- Joseph Stalin

If you want to see what it looks like when the government runs everything, visit an Indian Reservation.